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SPECIES Cavia magna

Author:Ximinez, 1980.
Citation:Rev. Nordest. Biol., 3 (especial): 148.
Common Name:Greater Guinea Pig
Type Locality:"en las orillas del arroyo Imbé, municipio de Tramandaí, estado de Rio Grande del Sur, Brasil".
Distribution:Dept. of Rocha, Uruguay, to Estados Rio Grande del Sur and Santa Catarina, N Brazil.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Karyotype has 2n=64 and FN=128 (Gava et al., 1998).
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